Jesus is Jehovah
James Martin


Name/Characteristic/WorkYHWHThe Lord Jesus
I AMEx 3:14Jn 8:24,28,58, 18:5-8
The only one who knows the hearts of men2 Chr 6:30Rev 2:23
Isaiah saw His gloryIsa 6:1-10Jn 12:37-41
John proclaimed HimIsa 40:3Mt 3:1-6
The First and the LastIsa 44:6, 48:12Rev 1:17, 22:12,16
Created the universe by HimselfIsa 44:24Jn 1:3
Every knee will bow to Him and every tongue will confess HimIsa 45:21-23Php 2:9-11
A voice like the sound of many watersEzk 43:2Rev 1:15
Head and hair like white woolDan 7:9Rev 1:14
Will return in judgmentZec 14:3ffRev 19:11ff
Will return and stand on the Mount of OlivesZec 14:4Ac 1:11-12
Will return with His saintsZec 14:5Rev 19:14
Head over all things1 Chr 29:11Eph 1:22
UnchangeablePs 102:21-27; Mal 3:6Heb 1:10-12, 13:8
Accepts worshipEx 34:14; Dt 6:13Mt 2:1-2,11, 14:33, 28:17; Jn 9:38; Rev 5:13-14
Forgives sinsNum 14:18; Isa 43:25Mk 2:5; Lk 5:24, 7:48-49
Stumbling stoneIsa 8:13-141 Pe 2:7-8
The RockDt 32:3-41 Cor 10:4
The ShepherdPs 23:1Jn 10:11; Heb 13:20; 1 Pe 5:4
The Law-GiverEx 19:18-21Heb 12:24-26
The Lord of lordsDt 10:17; 1 Tim 6:15Rev 17:14, 19:16
The HealerIsa 35:2b-6Mt 11:2-6; Mk 7:32-35
The LightPs 18:28, 27:1; 1 Jn 1:5Jn 1:9-11
The Holy OneIsa 40:25, 43:15; Hos 11:9Ac 3:14; 1 Jn 2:20
Horn of SalvationPs 18:2Lk 1:69
Rules the elementsPs 89:8-9, 93:4Mt 14:24-25; Mk 4:37-39
Our righteousnessJer 23:5-61 Cor 1:30
The JudgePs 50:1,6; Isa 13:9-11, 62:11, 63:1-4Jn 5:22,27; Ac 10:40,42; Rev 19:11ff; 2 Th 1:7-8
The one they piercedZec 12:8-10Jn 19:34-37; Rev 1:7
SaviourIsa 43:11, 45:21, 49:26, 60:16; Hos 13:4Mt 1:21; Lk 2:11; 2 Tim 1:10; Titus 2:13
HolyIsa 6:3Mk 1:24; Jn 12:36b-41; Rev 3:7
EternalPs 90:2; Isa 43:13Isa 9:6; Mic 5:2; Jn 8:58; Rev 22:12-13
GracePs 111:4; 1 Pe 5:10Jn 1:16; Titus 2:11
Love1 Jn 4:8,16Jn 15:12-14; Eph 3:19, 5:25
OmnipotentJer 32:17,27Mt 28:18; Rev 1:8
OmniscientPs 147:5; 1 Jn 3:20Jn 16:30, 21:17; 1 Cor 1:24; Col 2:3
OmnipresentPs 139:7-12; Jer 23:24Mt 18:20, 28:20; Eph 1:23
The one in whom we are to believeGen 15:6; 2 Ki 17:14; 2 Chr 20:20Jn 14:1; Ac 16:31
RighteousPs 97:2; Jer 23:5-6Heb 1:9; 1 Jn 2:1
If Christ weren’t YHWH, He would be guilty of adding to YHWH’s wordDt 5:22 ("He added no more")Mt 5:21-22, 18:35-27:1; etc.
WisePr 3:19; Rom 16:271 Cor 1:24,30; Col 2:3
Valued at 30 pieces of silver by IsraelZec 11:13Mt 26:15, 27:9
The coming KingJer 23:5-6; Zec 14:9Rev 19:11ff; 2 Tim 4:1; Heb 1:8
The ultimate King of IsraelIsa 43:15, 44:6; Zep 3:15Mk 15:2; Lk 23:3,38; Jn 1:49, 12:13

Also consider some of the verses which clearly teach the absolute deity of Christ: Isa 9:6; Jn 1:1,14,18, 20:28; Ac 20:28; Rom 9:5; Php 2:6; Col 1:15-19, 2:9; 1 Tim 3:16; Titus 2:13; Heb 1:1-3ff; Rev 19:16

Finally remember that the LORD Jesus said that we are to honour Him as much as we honour the Father and that if we don’t, we aren’t honouring the Father at all (Jn 5:23).